Lifestyle

The first Soweto Wine Festival was more of a media success than one of attracting vast numbers of wine lovers to taste the more than 500 wines exhibited by about 86 wineries and wine companies. Sponsored by the South African Wine Industry Trust (Sawit) in conjunction...

Nicolas Joly, owner of one of France’s oldest vineyards and one of the smallest appellations controle, Coule de Serrant, in the Loire, was in town to open the 2005 Nederburg Auction. Joly is also one of the leading figures in the system of biodynamic farming....

This year the annual gala banquet held by the Brandy Guild to honour role players in the South African brandy industry, was a merry occasion bringing together people from all levels of the industry. It was also characterised by the realisation that greater...